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Chapter 304 Yao Ming's Jersey Retirement

After the All-Star Game ended, Li Xun had another meal in Houston.

But this time it's Harden's treat.

Still in Yao Restaurant, Yao Ming and Sun Yue both came.

Harden is now the star of the Rockets, while Yao Ming is a star of the Rockets, and the two naturally have a kind of intimacy.

Later, when the Rockets held a jersey retirement ceremony for Yao Ming, after seeing Yao Ming, Harden threw himself into Yao Ming's arms like a big horse monkey.

"Li Xun, just now the Rockets said that this season or next season, find a time to hold a jersey retirement ceremony for me."

"A few days ago, the Pistons also called and wanted to retire my jersey."

Yao Ming seemed to be a little troubled by this matter.

The retirement of the jersey is of course good news. No player can refuse this opportunity to leave his name in history.

Of course, there are exceptions. For example, Payton strongly opposed the Thunder's retirement of his jersey.

The predecessor of the Thunder was the Sonics, which is Payton's parent team.

But Payton doesn't think the Thunder is the Sonics. He looks forward to when Seattle will have another team, so that his jersey can be retired in Seattle.

This idea is also normal. One is the Seattle Supersonics and the other is the Oklahoma City Thunder. Just by looking at the names, it is impossible to beat them.

What worries Yao Ming now is whether his two jerseys will be too high-profile after being retired.

There are not many players who have retired two jerseys in NBA history.

Calculating on one's fingers, only five people have enjoyed this kind of treatment so far.

The first is Jordan, whose jersey was retired by the Bulls and Heat.

The Bulls retired their jerseys, of course it is a matter of course, but Pat Riley also retired Jordan's jerseys, this person is outrageous.

Jordan didn't even play a day in the Heat. According to Riley, he respected Jordan, but he was actually a licking dog.

This kind of behavior is quite lacking in dignity, what does the famous Heat think?
Good guy, I dedicated my best years to the Heat, but I didn't retire my jersey. Jordan didn't play a game. You retired his jersey. Is this a human thing?

For example, Glenn Rice, such as the Lebanese penalty area dancer Ronnie Sekali, these are all stars in the history of the Heat, and they did not enjoy the treatment of retiring their jerseys.

Or Pat Riley is a real dog.

In addition to Jordan, there are Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Moses Malone and Drexler.

Chamberlain is the player with the most retired jerseys. He retired his jerseys in the Warriors, Lakers and 76ers.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the Bucks and Lakers.

As for Moses Malone and Glider behind them, they all have their jerseys retired by the Rockets.

So the Rockets have two precedents for retiring multiple jerseys.

Yao Ming felt that although he had good statistics in the Rockets, he hadn't led the team to achieve any results.

In the Pistons, although they won two championships, after all, the time to join the team is too short. It is a bit unreasonable to retire the jersey in just two years.

This made him very difficult.

"Isn't that a good thing?"

"Brother Yao, don't have any psychological burden, you have to think about how much money you made for the Rockets."

"Don't mention that you have also entered the Western Conference Finals, even if you haven't made it to the playoffs, the Rockets still have to retire for you."

"As for the Pistons, what are you kidding about, the absolute center of the championship dynasty, the jersey will not be retired? Then there is no need for the Pistons to stay."

Li Xun said indifferently.

Yao Ming nodded, what Li Xun said made sense.

"That's right, Brother Yao, look at the Rockets' No. 23 jersey, Kelvin Murphy, he's really no better than you."

"He's had more years in his career than you. He played 13 years."

"The average data per game is similar to yours, but the only honor he can get is a first-team rookie and an All-Star substitute."

"He can retire, so don't think about it."

Sun Yue said with a smile on the side.

Li Xun shook his head, "Great Sage, do you think that Murphy's score is similar to Brother Yao's?"

"He is a shooting guard with a height of 175 centimeters. Can his role on the court be compared with that of Brother Yao?"

"If only he was a point guard."

After what Li Xun and Sun Yue said, Yao Ming thought about it.

Then you can retire as you want. The Rockets and Pistons have all retired their jerseys, which is not unacceptable.

Harden looked at the three people in front of him with helplessness on his face.

He agreed to treat himself, but the three people in front of him kept talking in Chinese, which he couldn't understand at all.

He is now thinking about whether he should learn some Chinese so that he can communicate more deeply with Li Xun in the future.

However, I heard that learning Chinese is very difficult, and Harden felt that he couldn't learn it with his brain.

It's not that the three deliberately isolated Harden, but that this kind of thing is really not humane.

After dinner, Li Xun returned to Dallas overnight with Nowitzki and Clay.

As soon as I got off the plane, I got the news that Nelson Jr. received an offer, and the Bucks wanted to use OJ Mayo to trade Middleton and Carter.

The reason why Carter appears in this deal is generally to allow Carter's salary to balance the deal.

Middleton is a newcomer, and his salary cannot match Mayo.

Li Xun was speechless. The Bucks had a good plan, and they actually took a fancy to Middleton's potential?
But what's interesting is that under normal circumstances, Middleton seems to be a Bucks player.

Under normal circumstances, Mayo was signed by the Mavericks this season.

However, after Li Xun came, the Mavericks did not consider signing Mayo, which led to Mayo being signed by the Bucks.

The All-Star Weekend is over, and two-thirds of the season has been played. The Bucks may also feel that Mayo is not as useful as they thought.

Some players had high hopes when they first debuted, but later failed to play for some reason, causing some fans to sigh.

It often happens that these players are deified, for example, if these things did not happen, he would have achieved great achievements.

In fact, this may apply to some players, such as Rose, who is definitely one.

But it is not very applicable to Mayo.

In fact, Mayo has been exposing a problem since his rookie season and until the end of his rookie contract.

It is said that he is a combo guard, but he lacks explosive power on the offensive end, so he can only shoot, and the key shots are not very accurate.

As for the defensive end, the defense is too slow and the shooting guard is too short.

This is why the Grizzlies gave him an absolute starting and playing time in the first season, and gradually stopped giving him a starting few years later.

The reason for this is definitely not just his doping and fighting with Tony Allen on the plane.

If he really has that kind of extreme talent, it's nothing to beat Tony Allen. Even if he beats all the Grizzlies players once, the Grizzlies will hold their noses and recognize them.

Later, I couldn't get along in the NBA, and even fell into playing in the league in Wanwan.

If you really have top talent, will you be reduced to this point?Even with talent alone, he can at least dominate the CBA.

It's a pity that he didn't play anything in the CBA.

"Mr. Nelson, forget about this deal."

"OJ's potential is not as good as imagined. I don't think he can improve us."

"Don't underestimate Middleton, give him a year or two to grow, he won't be worse than Joe Johnson."

Li Xun said softly.

"Li, how many times have I told you, just call me Donnie, don't call me Mr."

"Too far-fetched."

"Of course I won't underestimate Middleton. After all, it is the player you choose. Facts have proved that every player you choose has the value of training."

"Since you said to refuse the deal, then I will reject them."

Nelson Jr. was not sloppy either. Li Xun said he would not make a deal, so he directly rejected the Bucks.

According to his original thinking, the Mavericks are going to compete for the championship this season.

And if you want to compete for the championship, it is necessary to improve the strength of the team's bench.

If Mayo can't do it anymore, isn't his combat power not as good as a Middleton?

Even though Nelson Jr. believes that Middleton can play later, but now this new melon egg is actually very inconspicuous.

In terms of combat power, it is definitely not as easy to use as Mayo, who has survived for many years.

But since Li Xun said no deal, he would definitely not have any strange thoughts.

On the one hand, Cuban has clearly stated that if Li Xun does not want to participate in the transaction, then forget it. If he wants to participate, everything depends on Li Xun's ideas.

On the other hand, Little Nelson really admired Li Xun's vision.

In this regard, he felt that Li Xun was definitely much better than his father, Old Nelson.

And he is also very clear that his father Nelson's biggest dream now is to return to the Mavericks to coach Li Xun.

Because Li Xun is the most perfect future basketball template in his mind.

It's a pity that he also knows that the Mavericks are very likely to win the championship this year. Now that he is back, what does Carlisle think?
Isn't this the same as saying that he came back to grab credit?
Even though the old Nelson wanted it very much, he never said it out of his mouth.

A few days later, the door to the trading market closed, and this season's trading was completely over.

The next thing the Mavericks need to do is to prepare for the playoffs and strive to win their first championship in team history this year.

The Mavericks arena is called the Aviation Center Stadium. In addition to some retired jerseys, there are three flags on the ceiling of the stadium.

On the one hand, it was the Western Conference champion in 06, that is, it reached the finals, but failed to win the championship.

On one side is the Western Conference champion in 11, that is, the time he met Li Xun in the finals.

The last side was the 07 regular season champions, who had the league's best record of 67 wins that season.

The three flags, to be reasonable, are really too shabby in Li Xun's view.

Like the Lakers Green Kai, the flags hanging above the arena are all championships, and the runner-up is not qualified to hang them.

After all, the Mavericks have a poor background. If they learn from the Lakers' Green Kai, the arena is now empty and it doesn't look good.

But compared to the Clippers, the Mavericks are stronger.

The Clippers even thought about hanging the banner of the division champion. The so-called division champion means that the league is divided into six divisions according to the region.

There are only five teams in a division, and the Clippers are really hungry.

Li Xun is thinking now, if he can win the championship this year, he will talk to Cuban and lower the flags of runner-up and regular season champion.

The banner of this level is placed in the sky, which really lowers the force of the entire team.

During Li Xun's three and a half seasons in the Pistons, he brought the Pistons three championship banners, three regular season championships, and an Eastern Conference championship.

All the honors in the history of the Mavericks combined are not as good as what Li Xun achieved in three and a half years.

Now that the situation of the Mavericks is getting better and better, Li Xun can be sure that it will not take long for the Mavericks to take off.

Time flies, and it's late March in the blink of an eye.

There is only half a month left before the start of the playoffs.

The Mavericks play away against the Houston Rockets tonight.

When he saw Yao Ming on the sidelines, Li Xun knew that tonight might be a very special day for Yao Ming.

The Rockets are going to hold a retirement ceremony for Yao Ming.

Sure enough, the game was entered half an hour earlier, and then sensational music began to be played over the arena.

Then it started playing highlights of Yao Ming's Rockets games.

Everything was in accordance with the retirement ceremony process, and finally the Rockets retired Yao Ming's No. 11 jersey.

As for the Pistons, because this season is about to end, it may take next season to retire the jersey.

But when Yao Ming was in the Pistons, he didn't wear No. 11.

Because the smiling assassin Isaiah Thomas's jersey is No. 11, he has already been retired. When Yao Ming joined the Pistons, he wore No. 25 jersey.

The Pistons have a long history, and they actually have a lot of retired jerseys.

Generally, it is very difficult for a team with a long history like this to retire its jersey.

After all, if all numbers are retired, what jerseys will new players wear in the future?Even this may affect the team's signings.

Some players only love one number. If you don't have this number, if the team offers the same conditions, they won't come.

The Pistons are currently retiring No. 1234, and there are seven more numbers to be retired.

In addition, the No. 8 jersey worn by Li Xun in the Pistons must also be retired.

Therefore, there are really not many numbers left for new Pistons players.

Now that the Pistons can retire Yao Ming's jersey, it is estimated that it is due to the loss of the number of fans. They want to use this method to regain the favor of the fans.

And Yao Ming is indeed qualified to retire his jersey. The two championships are absolutely core members, and there is also an FMVP. If this jersey is not retired, it really cannot be justified.

Because tonight is Yao Ming's big day, so Li Xun has given Yao Ming a face.

Did not let the Rockets lose badly.

If it is in the past, with the Rockets' current lineup configuration, if Li Xun doesn't let them lose by [-] points, they are considered lucky.

In the end, the Rockets only lost by four points. Harden smiled. The last time he went to the Mavericks to play at home, he lost to the Mavericks by nearly forty points.

Tonight, Li Xun really did a good job of saving face.

As the playoffs are approaching, the playoff spots in the East and West have been roughly determined.

On April 4, the regular season officially ended.

The Mavericks once again became the regular season champions with a record of 67 wins this season.

Just like their best record in team history in 07.

The fans were speechless. Li Xun has only been here for one season, and he even directly tied the Mavericks' team history record.

(End of this chapter)